“I’m inspired to make art because I want to express and communicate ideas about human interaction and society. Being dyslexic I look at images in an attempt to understand what I can’t read. Creating art has become my way of communicating and expressing my opinions and feelings.”

Zoe Knighton – Janet Law Scholarship Recipient 2016

“I’m inspired to make art because I want to express and communicate ideas about human interaction and society. Being dyslexic I look at images in an attempt to understand what I can’t read. Creating art has become my way of communicating and expressing my opinions and feelings.”

Zoe Knighton – Janet Law Scholarship Recipient 2016

“When I was there milling about between artists and the corporate world I just kind of wanted to be at home,” she says.

“When I was there milling about between artists and the corporate world I just kind of wanted to be at home,” she says.

Vanessa Patea spent most of her summer holidays travelling cross country to the very top of the South Island. The highlight of this trip was a week’s ‘artist in residency’ at Lochmara Lodge, which is located within the Marlborough Sounds (just a 20 minute boat ride from Picton).

Vanessa Patea spent most of her summer holidays travelling cross country to the very top of the South Island. The highlight of this trip was a week’s ‘artist in residency’ at Lochmara Lodge, which is located within the Marlborough Sounds (just a 20 minute boat ride from Picton).

The Innovation Imperative: Where the arts, business, education and community come together

The Innovation Imperative: Where the arts, business, education and community come together

Wake up!—Be the process!—Learn the flavours!—Follow the fractals! Chaos and complexity theory offer insights (metaphorical at minimum) into change and emergence (“whole is greater than sum of its parts”).

Wake up!—Be the process!—Learn the flavours!—Follow the fractals! Chaos and complexity theory offer insights (metaphorical at minimum) into change and emergence (“whole is greater than sum of its parts”).

Creativity Crosses Community Boundaries

Creativity Crosses Community Boundaries

From Te Po - The Darkness, to Te Aro Marama - The World of Light

From Te Po - The Darkness, to Te Aro Marama - The World of Light

Last weekend, I found myself in Gisborne. I paid a visit to TLC Graduate Todd Sheridan, who was a former student of mine from 2009.

Last weekend, I found myself in Gisborne. I paid a visit to TLC Graduate Todd Sheridan, who was a former student of mine from 2009.

Jonathan Milne is managing director and founder of The Learning Connexion (TLC), New Zealand’s only tertiary school fully dedicated to teaching creativity. He believes that the creative process is transferable from one field, such as art, to another, such as science.

Jonathan Milne is managing director and founder of The Learning Connexion (TLC), New Zealand’s only tertiary school fully dedicated to teaching creativity. He believes that the creative process is transferable from one field, such as art, to another, such as science.

Transferring creativity concepts to areas and activities where they are not traditionally applied requires, among other things, concepts for recognising creative thinking and acting in these areas – a universal aesthetic of creativity.

Transferring creativity concepts to areas and activities where they are not traditionally applied requires, among other things, concepts for recognising creative thinking and acting in these areas – a universal aesthetic of creativity.